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cauftht about 1,773,000 bnudred- weights in 1829. In 1842, St. John's 

 ex[)orted codfish and oil valued at $4,470,315. In 1848, the Americans 

 cauylit 1,500,000 liuudred-weights. Nova Scotia exported codfish valued 

 at $780,000. Counting the hundred-weight at $2.25, and counting 

 3,500,000 hundred-weights, an average annual yield, Newfoundland 

 exports $7,875,000 worth of codfish, besides oil and other valuable pro- 

 ducts of tbe fisheries. 



